Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Grease Monkeys

What to do, when your mom informs you that while you were away, running errands, and while your 2 year old twins were supposedly napping soundly, they were really emptying a jar of Vicks Vapor Rub and a tube of Butt Paste into their tiny, little, 2 year old hands and smearing the mixture into their hair.

And what to do, when you attempt to wash their hair not once, not twice, but three times in hopes of cleansing each strand of greasy goo, but you fail miserably?And what to do, when the next morning you need to run errands with your grease monkey girls in tow, but when they awake their hair looks like a bad attempt to replicate John Travolta's 'do in Grease?

What you do is ride the wave out and roll with it.

...After placing as many pigtails in their hair as deems possible.

And then you pretend that you meant it to look like that.

Then during naps you try it on your own hair. Just to see if it turns out as cute.*

Ohhh my gosh Tiff, when I played softball and my hair was about your lengh I always would wear in 4ponies JUST like that! Not kidding! Jason says when he would come to watch his cousin play he always wondered who that "weird" Alden girl was with her hair in all those ponies....way to funny and their hair is WAY to cute like that, hands down! Tana

Oh and I am trying the recipe tonight, I just harvested a WHOLE bunch of beans!

I was so glad to find your blog! We welcomed our fourth child after 2 yrs and 3 months of marriage... but I became not just a wife, but a mommy to one beautiful 3 yr old girl on the same day. The twins arrived exactly one year later, and #4 joined us 15 mos after the twins. Now we have a 6 yr old and 3 under 2. It's a crazy life and I love finding others who understand what it's like - and then some! Your kids are so precious and this post is just priceless - you certainly made the girls look super cute! I am impressed! :)

Hey Tiff! I just figured out a way to get ointment-based crap out of the kids' hair!! (My 2 yr old twins just smeared ointment butt paste all over each other, hair, clothes, carpet, etc) Remind me to tell you the scoop on Wed !!

THE MOMMY

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Jesus and big breakfasts, kombucha and trees, and weekly dates with my husband. I love my high school sweetheart, romantic comedies, and singing loudly to christian music in the car. I avoid shopping unless it's for groceries. I rise early and don't stay up late. I use my Bible and crockpot often and look forward to nights out with my friends. I enjoy sewing and lap swimming, tickling our children and snuggling with Mr. Marvelous. I plan busy but structured days with our four, and always leave time for playing on the floor with them. I'm a competitive game player, a downhill skier and a little on the fiesty side. Welcome to our life, it's a busy one, given 4 children in 2 years and 8 months.